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that doesn't come from government. that comes from what the opportunity, with the problem, how do we solve it? this way steve jobs touched such a chord when he died late last year is precisely people sense. this is living by james had hoped 10 but anyone which the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. no government can do that. >> host: you write and "freedom manifesto" but the foremost concerned is with its own bureaucratic interest. >> guest: the british historian observes something when he was writing about the british navy did after world war i, britain had won that war, don't say sharply the navy, capital ships, sailors and the like. however, the government agency running the navy increased in size. so he came with parkinson's law and that his organization said expand, the amount of work they have to do and have nothing to do with their size beard if you let them expand their will. on the case of government any other organizations left alone will fall into this, lucite but why they were created
that doesn't come from government. that comes from what the opportunity, with the problem, how do we solve it? this way steve jobs touched such a chord when he died late last year is precisely people sense. this is living by james had hoped 10 but anyone which the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. no government can do that. >> host: you write and "freedom manifesto" but the foremost concerned is with its own bureaucratic interest. >> guest: the...
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the next government should have stopped it. but unfortunately government is government. government kept the foot firmly on the accelerator. why? because german capital was flowing to the country at cheap rates, financing ponzi schemes. it is just like the subprime market here where people were coerced to take loans that could not afford. similarly in greece. so, you had executives coming to greece, bribing politicians. the greek government -- they did not listen. then 2008. the conservative prime minister, he is not a stupid man. he was a terrible prime minister, but he is not a stupid man. you know what he did? he bailed out. he has not spoken since. he affectively called for a general election. he did not contest it. it was much worse than obama's first debate. he appeared before them and was like "don't vote for me." he lost that election. he did not have to call for that election. he called for it to lose it, to stay at home. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. i was an advisor up until 2006. so i am not to blame. who
the next government should have stopped it. but unfortunately government is government. government kept the foot firmly on the accelerator. why? because german capital was flowing to the country at cheap rates, financing ponzi schemes. it is just like the subprime market here where people were coerced to take loans that could not afford. similarly in greece. so, you had executives coming to greece, bribing politicians. the greek government -- they did not listen. then 2008. the conservative...
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the government and it's our constitutional right. you should be demanding it along with me. >> jon: yes! we should because you are perhaps technically correct, although i'm still not sure how your local manger scene enforcement program is going to get you to that goal. but you know what, maybe that godless man is right. maybe the government should force communities to make sure all religions are given exactly, exactly equal treatment, even lutherans. perhaps as i setle into my normal mid-show nap, i can ponder what a wonderful, equitable world that would be. [snoring] [speaking in a ghost voice]: jon, jon! >> jon: who are you? [speaking in a ghost voice]: i'm the ghost of christmas past. >> jon: why are you dressed as a kinky zombie? >> your ghost form is always wearing what you die in. >> jon: did you die from autoerotic asphyxiation? is that how... >> no, jon, i was hit by a bus. okay. i was on my way to a... yes. okay. i was... [laughter] [speaking in a ghost voice]: but it's time to look at your past. take my hand, jon stewart. j
the government and it's our constitutional right. you should be demanding it along with me. >> jon: yes! we should because you are perhaps technically correct, although i'm still not sure how your local manger scene enforcement program is going to get you to that goal. but you know what, maybe that godless man is right. maybe the government should force communities to make sure all religions are given exactly, exactly equal treatment, even lutherans. perhaps as i setle into my normal...
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government is an insurance company with an army. when we talk about the insurance company part, we are talking about medicare and social security, and to some degree medicaid. those are programs that benefit the middle class and the poor, mainly through retirement. the other thing that people talk about, those are very small parts in the federal budget compared to medicare and social security. really, is not a question of needing to cut these programs. it is that they are growing more quickly than the economy, larger than they have been in the past, and what we need to decide as a nation is, are willing to pay substantially higher taxes than we have in the past to pay for these programs? if we want to keep our current tax burdens, we need to figure out how to reduce those programs. medicare -- we are not talking about reducing benefits over the long term. we have a health care system over all that grows more quickly than the economy. economists do not have one reason why that happens. they are looking for all the reasons why that ha
government is an insurance company with an army. when we talk about the insurance company part, we are talking about medicare and social security, and to some degree medicaid. those are programs that benefit the middle class and the poor, mainly through retirement. the other thing that people talk about, those are very small parts in the federal budget compared to medicare and social security. really, is not a question of needing to cut these programs. it is that they are growing more quickly...
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government is going to fight very hard to make sure those cases do come through, that those kids come here. but the law goes into effect january 1. >> heart-rending for those parents. amy, thank you. >>> a temporary deal stopped a pending shutdown of major u.s. ports that could have cost the economy billions. dock workers threatened a strike to freeze operations on the east coast and gulf of mexico but a contract extension gives them another 30 days to resolve their labor dispute with port owners and shippers. phil keating is live in south florida. there were key sticking points. which side budged? >> good afternoon, trace. we still don't know which side did in fact budge, whether it was the longshoremen or the shipping company owners or it could have been both sides coming together and reaching a negotiated deal. hard to imagine with what we see in washington, d.c. but neither side is talking. the key points had been over container royalties. you see the heavier each container is, the more money each long shore had man gets paid to take it off and put it on the truck. the owners of t
government is going to fight very hard to make sure those cases do come through, that those kids come here. but the law goes into effect january 1. >> heart-rending for those parents. amy, thank you. >>> a temporary deal stopped a pending shutdown of major u.s. ports that could have cost the economy billions. dock workers threatened a strike to freeze operations on the east coast and gulf of mexico but a contract extension gives them another 30 days to resolve their labor dispute...
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we have one party government in the biggest state in the country and curious what's that mean? >> how does he use it? yep. >> a panacea. nikki haley is struggling. at the same time, she's a big national figure. the republicans are looking for diverse voices and she is a leading one and curious to see what she does going forward. >> all right. stephanie, you picks were -- one was predictable. one to me was unpredictable. >> i picked elizabeth warren who is my home state new senator and of course senator kennedy's seat and very important to me. i think she is probably the most high profile freshman senator -- >> without a doubt. >> without a doubt. >> probably since hillary clinton. right? >> probably. yes. i think you're right. and i think she is coming in the same way. keeping her head down. looking for more people to work with. reach across the aisle. moderating. >> steppingstone for her? >> i don't know. i don't want to guess but i know that there are some great things that she can accomplish there. potentially rumored on the senate banking committee. been a consumer watchdog
we have one party government in the biggest state in the country and curious what's that mean? >> how does he use it? yep. >> a panacea. nikki haley is struggling. at the same time, she's a big national figure. the republicans are looking for diverse voices and she is a leading one and curious to see what she does going forward. >> all right. stephanie, you picks were -- one was predictable. one to me was unpredictable. >> i picked elizabeth warren who is my home state...
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now, if federal government does it, the federal government is going to make it very clear that people who are eligible for medicaid fiant 'd find their way to medicaid. now, people who are currently eligible for medicaid, obviously, will get on medicaid, and that's why a lot of these republican governors, even if they're not going to expand medicaid-- which is what the law originally envisioned and the supreme court made optional-- those people may be left without anything. but the people who are currently eligible for medicaid will be steer told medicaid if they're eligible. that's called the "woodwork" effect. people are expected to come forwardux try to buy insurance through the exchanges and someone at the exchange will say, "you're actually eligible for medicaid now." governors are having to put money for that in their budget. that's one of the things governors were worried about, these people currently eligible for medicaid but not getting it. then there will also be a lot of pressure on the governors to expand medicaid anyway, even if they say they don't want to do it. that's g
now, if federal government does it, the federal government is going to make it very clear that people who are eligible for medicaid fiant 'd find their way to medicaid. now, people who are currently eligible for medicaid, obviously, will get on medicaid, and that's why a lot of these republican governors, even if they're not going to expand medicaid-- which is what the law originally envisioned and the supreme court made optional-- those people may be left without anything. but the people who...
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its regional government says iraq's central government has underpaid its share of export revenue. the export halt affects about 100 thousand barrels of crude every day. >>> terrorist cell arrests and shiftdown hurt oil futures as they hit a two-month high. crude settled up more than 2 1/2%, closing at $90.98 a barrel. we'll turn our attention attention to something less economic oriented but something certainly important. that's syria. one of syria's top generals defected alleging chemical weapons are being used by the assad regime against rebels. has the u.s.'s red line for intervention been crossed? details coming up on that. >>> thousand of union dock workers could bring ports across the gulf coast and eastern seaboard to a standstill starting this weekend. details how that could shipwreck busissesacross the united states coming up. do you ever have too much money? i think not. ♪ adam: a top syrian general stunning the assad regime defecting to the side of the bels. in a videotaped statement that general claims assad's forces used chemical weapons against syrian citizens. the
its regional government says iraq's central government has underpaid its share of export revenue. the export halt affects about 100 thousand barrels of crude every day. >>> terrorist cell arrests and shiftdown hurt oil futures as they hit a two-month high. crude settled up more than 2 1/2%, closing at $90.98 a barrel. we'll turn our attention attention to something less economic oriented but something certainly important. that's syria. one of syria's top generals defected alleging...
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but there are real questions as to whether any of that can be sustained l the afghan government, whether its army and police force will really be able to take the baton from american forces as today start coming home over the next couple of years. >> rajiv chandrasekaran, imperial live in the emerald city was about baghdad. "little america" is about afghanistan. >> and now on c-span2 we bring you booktv. on this holiday weekend, we've extended our booktv programming until wednesday, december 26th, at 8 a.m. eastern. and here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. today at 2 p.m. eastern in light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, booktv highlights a few programs about economics. michael j. sandell, george w. bush, steve forbes all weigh in. and then at 9 p.m. craig whitney sits down with the former president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence to discuss his book "living with guns: a liberal's case for the second amendment." watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >>
but there are real questions as to whether any of that can be sustained l the afghan government, whether its army and police force will really be able to take the baton from american forces as today start coming home over the next couple of years. >> rajiv chandrasekaran, imperial live in the emerald city was about baghdad. "little america" is about afghanistan. >> and now on c-span2 we bring you booktv. on this holiday weekend, we've extended our booktv programming until...
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why more freedom if you have two governments? now, many students of federalism as being a brilliant administrative device, this was the biggest landmass since the roman empire to attempt anything like government, and it took, what, six weeks to get from new england to south carolina. so if you're a business person, an astute manager, you have territorial divisions, in a certain sense. in the '60s and '70s when european states persons and scholars were looking at american federalism to see if they could find some lessons for the european union, many of them thought of the american federal system as being an administrative, a device of administrative convenience. and in a sense it was but that's not the whole reason for two governments. the theory of federalism, the genius of federalism is that it's wrong, as an ethical matter, wrong as a moral matter for you to delegate so much power over your own life to a remote central authority that you could no longer plan your own destiny and the destiny of your children. that's the moral an
why more freedom if you have two governments? now, many students of federalism as being a brilliant administrative device, this was the biggest landmass since the roman empire to attempt anything like government, and it took, what, six weeks to get from new england to south carolina. so if you're a business person, an astute manager, you have territorial divisions, in a certain sense. in the '60s and '70s when european states persons and scholars were looking at american federalism to see if...
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withn't really do anything any government entities. directly speaking, i don't think it will really affect our customers, because they don't really do the kind of stuff that works with the government. they do the kind of stuff with businesses, manufacturers. the stuff that we carry does not have much to do with defense. a certain group of people say that we need to have cuts. then when the cuts there them in the face, they say not those cuts. that's the real problem. e their owns to gordon ac ox. host: scott is looking to start a business. in "politico" is this article this morning -- in "usa today" -- doc in baton rouge, louisiana, good morning it. caller: i have my own insurance agency. host: talk to us about the fiscal cliff. caller: i am kind of concerned about it. one party makes a recommendation and never followed through. we don't get very much cutting in these negotiations through the years. in 1990 the democrats said that they would do spending cuts, but they did not. everytime i see a young child, 5, 6, 7 years old or younger
withn't really do anything any government entities. directly speaking, i don't think it will really affect our customers, because they don't really do the kind of stuff that works with the government. they do the kind of stuff with businesses, manufacturers. the stuff that we carry does not have much to do with defense. a certain group of people say that we need to have cuts. then when the cuts there them in the face, they say not those cuts. that's the real problem. e their owns to gordon ac...
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we have basically one party government and i'm curious what that means. >> how does he use it. >> a liberal panacea for the first time. >> and you went with a conserve tf potential rising star in south carolina who is struggling. >> nikki haley is struggling in her state. at the same time, she's a big national figure. the republicans are looking for diverse faces, and she's one of the leading ones. i'm curious to see what she does. >> stephanie, your picks were -- one was predictable, one was a little unpredictable. >> i picked elizabeth warren who is my home state's new senator. she has senator kennedy's seat so it's important to me. i think she's probably the most high-profile freshman senator. >> without a doubt, probably since hillary clinton? >> i think you're right. and she's coming in the same way, keeping her head down, looking for people to work with, reach across the aisle, moderating. i don't know, i don't want to guess, but i know there are some great things she can accomplish there. potentially, it's rumored she could be on the senate banking committee, her area of expertise. t
we have basically one party government and i'm curious what that means. >> how does he use it. >> a liberal panacea for the first time. >> and you went with a conserve tf potential rising star in south carolina who is struggling. >> nikki haley is struggling in her state. at the same time, she's a big national figure. the republicans are looking for diverse faces, and she's one of the leading ones. i'm curious to see what she does. >> stephanie, your picks were --...
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government should have three branches, in effect three governments within a government because it was difficult to get stuff done. [laughter] he was right. that is for sure. [laughter] "the new york times" called the new leaders of china and meritocracy of mediocrity. -- a meritocracy of mediocrity. >> there is talk about the last 10 years being the lost decade, where nothing much happened. if you turn that around a little bit -- i admit, there are a lot of problems and many things were and salt. -- unsolved. it was a pretty amazing tenures nonetheless. there were instabilities -- ten yeayears nonetheless. there were instabilities. when you look at the actual record, it is not bad. they more than got through. it is undeniably true -- it is hard to understand china in any terms, but if you cannot maintain the two opposite things happening at once, it is really difficult to understand what is going on. >> where is that tension right now, as to talk about this new era -- you talk about this new era? >> for a long time, people have thought the political reform had to accompany economic re
government should have three branches, in effect three governments within a government because it was difficult to get stuff done. [laughter] he was right. that is for sure. [laughter] "the new york times" called the new leaders of china and meritocracy of mediocrity. -- a meritocracy of mediocrity. >> there is talk about the last 10 years being the lost decade, where nothing much happened. if you turn that around a little bit -- i admit, there are a lot of problems and many...
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we are winning the battle against inflation, runaway government spending and taxation and that victory will mean more economic growth, more jobs, and more opportunity for all americans. a few months before he took up residence in this house, one of my predecessors john kennedy tried to sum up the temper of the times with a quote from an author closely tied to christmas, charles dickens. we were living he said in the best of times and the worst of times. in some ways that is even more true today. the world is full of peril as well as promise. too many of its people even now live in the shadow of want and tyranny. christmas means so much because of one special child. but christmas also reminds us that all children are special. that they are gifts from god. gifts beyond price that mean more than any presents money
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it is a state and local government issue. what we hear often from the southern states is that they are receiving former residents of new jersey that are buying homes and the tax bill goes down from $20,000 a year down to $2,000 a year. it is essentially a local and state tax competition. the high tax rates in new jersey -- that is one reason why there is a migration out of new jersey to other states. host: doug from kansas. on the independent line. caller: good morning. it appears there will not give new mortgages because they want to collect the higher interest rates. seeing the stock market crash -- would it make sense to loosen it up? -- say the stock market crashed and we went into depression, when it makes sense to loosen it up so somebody with a 700 credit score, they can save us in the economy ahead? -- they can give them the better mortgage rates to save us and the economy ahead? guest: i agree with the caller. the person that cannot refinance -- as is profit going to the financial industry. the financial industry pro
it is a state and local government issue. what we hear often from the southern states is that they are receiving former residents of new jersey that are buying homes and the tax bill goes down from $20,000 a year down to $2,000 a year. it is essentially a local and state tax competition. the high tax rates in new jersey -- that is one reason why there is a migration out of new jersey to other states. host: doug from kansas. on the independent line. caller: good morning. it appears there will...
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government is an insurance company with an army. when we talk about the insurance company part, we are talking about medicare and social security, and to some degree medicaid. those are programs that benefit the middle class and the poor, mainly through retirement. the other thing that people talk about, those are very small parts in the federal budget compared to medicare and social security. really, is not a question of needing to cut these programs. it is that they are growing more quickly than the economy, larger than they have been in the past, and what we need to decide as a nation is, are willing to pay substantially higher taxes than we have in the past to pay for these programs? if we want to keep our current tax burdens, we need to figure out how to reduce those programs. medicare -- we are not talking about reducing benefits over the long term. we have a health care system over all that grows more quickly than the economy. economists do not have one reason why that happens. they are looking for all the reasons why that ha
government is an insurance company with an army. when we talk about the insurance company part, we are talking about medicare and social security, and to some degree medicaid. those are programs that benefit the middle class and the poor, mainly through retirement. the other thing that people talk about, those are very small parts in the federal budget compared to medicare and social security. really, is not a question of needing to cut these programs. it is that they are growing more quickly...
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the syrian government is ready to talk with its opponents. now russian's foreign minister is calling on syria to make good on the offer. they are working with egyptian diplomats. russia expects to meet a senior american diplomat next month on the issue. >>> "stormin' norman has died. retired general norman schwartzkopf died of complications from pneumonia. he spent his entire life in the military. in vietnam, he rescued a wounded soldier by marking land mines with shaving cream. he later commanded the american- led coalition in the first iraq war. schwartzkopf was 78. >>> 5:37 now. police say a police officer who lives in antioch returned to his home to find three burglars inside the house. it happened on wednesday night. the officer tried to chase the suspects but stopped when one of them fired a shot into the air. apparently with a gun stolen from that officer's home. >> it appears to be random. like many cities in the bay area, our residential burglaries are on the rise and have been for quite some time. >> last month an officer in brentwo
the syrian government is ready to talk with its opponents. now russian's foreign minister is calling on syria to make good on the offer. they are working with egyptian diplomats. russia expects to meet a senior american diplomat next month on the issue. >>> "stormin' norman has died. retired general norman schwartzkopf died of complications from pneumonia. he spent his entire life in the military. in vietnam, he rescued a wounded soldier by marking land mines with shaving cream....
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that is bad way to run the government. gregg: mary katherine, no way to run a government but we've been saying that for 200 years. and i have too. but, mary katherine, look, what does it say about boehner's leadership, when he can't even get a vote on his own plan? >> no, i think that was a good opportunity for republicans to pass something. i think many of them made a mistake in foiling that plan because i think it was a decent one that had good points even though they obviously didn't get everything they wanted. i still think this could go either way. you guys point out this is no way to run a government and hasn't been for 200 years. i argue part of the reason we get into these situations a lot more often past couple years, one, we're running out of the money. two because democrats in the senate have failed to engauge even semblance of a regular budget process. i would like to bring that back sometime in the near future. regardless i think this could go either way next couple days. it is encouraging they're meeting. it
that is bad way to run the government. gregg: mary katherine, no way to run a government but we've been saying that for 200 years. and i have too. but, mary katherine, look, what does it say about boehner's leadership, when he can't even get a vote on his own plan? >> no, i think that was a good opportunity for republicans to pass something. i think many of them made a mistake in foiling that plan because i think it was a decent one that had good points even though they obviously didn't...
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it's hard to govern. at one virtue of is you can divide into parts and provinces, and you really can have real experiments. try this over here, try that over there. that's a tremendous virtue. and i read in your book, well, you have the confusion tradition which has morality is what's important. and not necessarily the law. yes, but now with 1.3 billion people, of course morality is important. but how do you create a system that is moral? how do you people to feel that they can follow the rules of morality? perhaps when they were just a small number and everyone was closely knit in family, you can just rely on the family. but in today's world everywhere with television, and the computers and everybody working hard all the time, maybe you can't. so maybe you can get to the confucianism going to have to use the rule of law means. i don't know if it's possible. but any, all these things you can experiment. and that's really, that's such a plot. that's a plot. >> final question right here. >> [inaudible] >> w
it's hard to govern. at one virtue of is you can divide into parts and provinces, and you really can have real experiments. try this over here, try that over there. that's a tremendous virtue. and i read in your book, well, you have the confusion tradition which has morality is what's important. and not necessarily the law. yes, but now with 1.3 billion people, of course morality is important. but how do you create a system that is moral? how do you people to feel that they can follow the rules...
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we have one party government in the biggest state of the country. >> how does he use it? >> how does he use it. the liberal panacea we'll see for the first time. and you went with a conservative potential rising star out in south carolina who is struggling. >> nick kki haley is struggling her state but at the same time she is a big national figure. i'm curious to see what she does going forward. >> all right, stephanie, your picks were -- one was predictable. one was unpredictable. >> i picked elizabeth warren who is my homestate new senator. she has senator kennedy's seat. i believe she is the most high-profile freshman senator. >> without a doubt. probably since hillary clinton. >> i think you're right. i think she's coming in the same way, keeping her head down. looking for people to work with reach across the aisle, moderating. >> is this a stepping stone for her? >> i don't know. there are great things she can accomplish there. it's rumored she could be on the senate banking committee. a consumer watchdog. this will be interesting to watch. >> she will butt heads wit
we have one party government in the biggest state of the country. >> how does he use it? >> how does he use it. the liberal panacea we'll see for the first time. and you went with a conservative potential rising star out in south carolina who is struggling. >> nick kki haley is struggling her state but at the same time she is a big national figure. i'm curious to see what she does going forward. >> all right, stephanie, your picks were -- one was predictable. one was...
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and russia in november governing u.s. adoptions to russia, putting out responsibilities for both sides. so what they're saying is, let's please stick to that agreement. they're in close touch with those families, and they're hoping that at least these 50 or some odd cases should be resolved. they're asking parents that are in the pipeline, stay in touch with your adoption agency and also look at adoption.state.gov. we'll put that on our website. that's where parents can get the very latest information about this crisis. >> all right. elise, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> americans whose adoptions are in imbow are very worried. they're even desperate for information. i want to talk to a family via skype. this is from dover, new jersey. this is jenny and josh johnston. they are in the process of adopting a child from russia. thank you very much for joining us here. i can only imagine -- i can't really imagine what you are going through here. the two of you already have three children, one of them adopted from ethio
and russia in november governing u.s. adoptions to russia, putting out responsibilities for both sides. so what they're saying is, let's please stick to that agreement. they're in close touch with those families, and they're hoping that at least these 50 or some odd cases should be resolved. they're asking parents that are in the pipeline, stay in touch with your adoption agency and also look at adoption.state.gov. we'll put that on our website. that's where parents can get the very latest...
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government is an insurance company with an army. when we talk about the insurance company part, we are talking about medicare and social security, and to some degree medicaid. those are programs that benefit the middle class and the fourpo mainly through retirement. the other thing that people talk about, those are very small parts in the federal budget compared to medicare and social security. really, is not a question of needing to cut these programs. it is that they are growing more quickly than the economy, larger than they have been in the past, and what we need to decide as a nation is, are willing to pay substantially higher taxes than we have in the past to pay for these programs? if we want to keep our current tax burdens, we need to figure out how to reduce those programs. medicare -- we are not talking about reducing benefits over the long term. we have a health care system over all that grows more quickly than the economy. economists do not have one reason why that happens. they are looking for all the reasons why that h
government is an insurance company with an army. when we talk about the insurance company part, we are talking about medicare and social security, and to some degree medicaid. those are programs that benefit the middle class and the fourpo mainly through retirement. the other thing that people talk about, those are very small parts in the federal budget compared to medicare and social security. really, is not a question of needing to cut these programs. it is that they are growing more quickly...
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do you want to invest in a country whose government isn't functioning? i don't think so. so, we could get a big market reaction, a drop in the stock market, and that might scare people. >> "the rachel maddow show" week nights at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> home prices on the rise, syria's head of preventing defections decides to defect. your headlines are straight ahead. plus, connecting the dots on sonia sotomayor, health care and a fine. you're watching "first look." >>> some stories making news this morning. toyota says it's reached a more than $1 billion settlement in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles. it's one of the largest settlements involving automobile defects in u.s. history. >>> supreme court justice sonia sotomayor has denied two retailers' requests to block part of the federal health care law that requires insurance coverage for contraceptives as of january 1st. the companies, which say the law violates their religious beliefs, face a $1.3 million daily fine if they don't comply. >>> 94-year-o
do you want to invest in a country whose government isn't functioning? i don't think so. so, we could get a big market reaction, a drop in the stock market, and that might scare people. >> "the rachel maddow show" week nights at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> home prices on the rise, syria's head of preventing defections decides to defect. your headlines are straight ahead. plus, connecting the dots on sonia sotomayor, health care and a...
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you clear it out and the government is no different. the scale, just a matter of scale. >> reporter: the feds also refuse to sell valuable public landed a adjacent to fast-growing cities and let mining companies take billions in gold and silver for free, without charging royalties like we do for oil and natural gas. selling amtrak could net 60 billion. two taxpayer-owned utility, the tennessee valley authority, and bonneville power, would bring in even more. a commission could oversee the sale to overcome partisan opposition. >> the commission could look at all of the federal assets, decides which were the most valuable which could be sold to the least loss to common good. >> reporter: now the federal government already owns about 28% of all the land in the u.s. about 500 billion in mineral rights we give away. we have trillions in oil reserves, jon, we refuse to pump. yes, a yard sale could help bring down the national debt. but reuse, recycle, resell, are not words you hear on capitol hill. jon: that doesn't seem to happen very often.
you clear it out and the government is no different. the scale, just a matter of scale. >> reporter: the feds also refuse to sell valuable public landed a adjacent to fast-growing cities and let mining companies take billions in gold and silver for free, without charging royalties like we do for oil and natural gas. selling amtrak could net 60 billion. two taxpayer-owned utility, the tennessee valley authority, and bonneville power, would bring in even more. a commission could oversee the...
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and to expand the government's footprint in the u.s. housing market, it's just not something that i really think we want to do, you know. the government is already involved in nine out of ten mortgages in this country. >> juliet: all right. kendra todd -- what's the last name now? matera? >> yes. >> juliet: thank you. you've seen it in the movies, but this one is very real. a shark tank suddenly bursts with dozens of people around it. i was just down at the atlantis hotel. oh, man, and there were sharks in there. oh, that's scary. this kicker put his football talents on youtube and it worked. now he's got an nfl tryout. you have to hear this story. this is one of those cool youtube success stories. we'll tell you about it i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, evertime. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpn pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it's as e
and to expand the government's footprint in the u.s. housing market, it's just not something that i really think we want to do, you know. the government is already involved in nine out of ten mortgages in this country. >> juliet: all right. kendra todd -- what's the last name now? matera? >> yes. >> juliet: thank you. you've seen it in the movies, but this one is very real. a shark tank suddenly bursts with dozens of people around it. i was just down at the atlantis hotel. oh,...
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from unwarranted government intrusion in our affairs absent probable cause which the government must set forth with specificity to a court in an application for a warrant. it is undisputed that absent exigent circumstances, consent or a warrant, the government may not intrude upon a person's home and search through his papers and personal effects. but we no longer keep our most sensitive information solely in the form of physical papers, physical documents and other tangible things. the explosion of data sharing and data storage has made our economy more responsive and more efficient, but it also creates the potential for government abuse. congress has a fundamental responsibility to protect the individual liberty of americans by ensuring that the constitution's core fourth amendment protections are not eroded by the operation of changed circumstances, by new techniques that are made possible, in some cases made necessary by new technology. but congress has failed to do this. some court rulings have likewise fallen short of protecting the full scope -- the full spirit of the fourth a
from unwarranted government intrusion in our affairs absent probable cause which the government must set forth with specificity to a court in an application for a warrant. it is undisputed that absent exigent circumstances, consent or a warrant, the government may not intrude upon a person's home and search through his papers and personal effects. but we no longer keep our most sensitive information solely in the form of physical papers, physical documents and other tangible things. the...
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like racism, without government. like racism, without government. that is next. [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. john: tonight we talkk about hor our instincts of often wrong, result is push for government policies that make problems worse. the politician that pushes stupid, but popular policies, gets rewarded. and probably reelected and push more stupid policies, in business, someone whose instincts lead him to do stupid things, gets punished. the free market punishes him, you g out of business, that has surprising consequences, some good ones says hit toran jonathan bean in your book erase what does race have to do with free market. >> people say, everyone is a racist. business people are racist, business people are greedy, how can you argue that business people had something to do with civil rights movement, i argue in my book, they have a lot to to with civil righ
like racism, without government. like racism, without government. that is next. [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. john: tonight we talkk about hor our instincts of often wrong, result is push for government policies that make problems worse. the politician that pushes stupid, but popular policies, gets rewarded. and probably reelected and push...
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we have debt that's being issued by governments, by corporations. will we need a capital markets business? even though the capital markets businesses aren't beating their cost of capital right now what we're seeing is we're seeing compensation levels coming down, increasing the margins in it. we're seeing inventory levels come in. that means that the amount of capital that they're putting, that they have there is dropping, which of course would be an improvement in roes. all of this leads to a world of sort of a repricing of the capital markets. wider bid offers treads, less tratding volume, less risk taken but will there be a capital markets business? the answer is yes. unfortunately right now the issue we have is the fiscal cliff which makes everything uncertain at least through march. a lot of washington circus going on. we, you know, i think it's pretty reasonable to assume that no politician, no libertarian would ever want the u.s. to default on its debt. so by march we should have a solution to that. then what we are is we're back in an enviro
we have debt that's being issued by governments, by corporations. will we need a capital markets business? even though the capital markets businesses aren't beating their cost of capital right now what we're seeing is we're seeing compensation levels coming down, increasing the margins in it. we're seeing inventory levels come in. that means that the amount of capital that they're putting, that they have there is dropping, which of course would be an improvement in roes. all of this leads to a...
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according to reports from the government, the driver of this van was speeding and this van ended up toppling over into this pond, and really heartbroken to say that 11 of the 17 children died as a result of this accident. >> here in this moment of the video you see some of the children's belonging, book bags, jackets, things like that, and you also see people in the water. this is, at this point they're trying to tie the rope to the van hoping to gelt get any survivors out. now, three of the children did die on scene. 12 were take ton a nearby hospital and eight of those children died while receiving treatment at the local hospital. >> why is anybody ever in so much of a hurry with 15 kids in a van that they have to speed and you know when you have a van and that many people in it you have to be careful. >> now, according to government reports, the driver of this van survived the accident. he has now been detained by police while they investigate. >> also as a result of this accident, they've suspended 12 officials. according to a local citizen, they say that the police were slow to respond
according to reports from the government, the driver of this van was speeding and this van ended up toppling over into this pond, and really heartbroken to say that 11 of the 17 children died as a result of this accident. >> here in this moment of the video you see some of the children's belonging, book bags, jackets, things like that, and you also see people in the water. this is, at this point they're trying to tie the rope to the van hoping to gelt get any survivors out. now, three of...
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and aid this orring it would be similar to the way the government proteccs air travelers from terrorists. hutchinson ays: "there was intense debate thatton and yet we have a ffderal air to oversee, and which haa provided a deteerent. it has airlines, nd ii's not like -it's an armed camp when yoo ggo & on the airlinees" virginia democratic senator mark warner has an ááaáá rating from the n-r-aa disagreee with their idea.. pnd insttad thinks multiple steps must be taken. to avoid more mass murder. warner says: "if my memory is armed individual at columbine yeers ago and didd't prevent - that tragedy so i think ww need a cooprehensive approach ... i think ittlooks at mental allo hink it looks at these high volume magazines thaa can fire off so manyyrounds."doocy tag: the n-r-a ceo said this morning. bbnning those high - make any ddfferencc. when it ccmes to making peoole safer. in wassington, peter doocy, fox news. 3 3 a twittee haatag trending around the world. people are doiig in the wake of the sandy hook shooting. 3 and wherr foreeasters are &pcaaling for a white out and snow they e
and aid this orring it would be similar to the way the government proteccs air travelers from terrorists. hutchinson ays: "there was intense debate thatton and yet we have a ffderal air to oversee, and which haa provided a deteerent. it has airlines, nd ii's not like -it's an armed camp when yoo ggo & on the airlinees" virginia democratic senator mark warner has an ááaáá rating from the n-r-aa disagreee with their idea.. pnd insttad thinks multiple steps must be taken. to...
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the government inquiries include subpoenas from the s.e.c. and other bank officials that are part of a civil lawsuit against the bank. shares of regions financial fell nearly 2% to just below $7 a share. as erika mentioned earlier, consumers were out in force trying to squeeze in their last few hours of christmas shopping. one of those retailers hoping to get a boost from shoppers looking for a bargain is j.c. penney. analysts at oppenheimer say the retailer's aggressive price promotions will drive traffic into the stores and boost the company's turnaround efforts. over the past year, shares of j.c. penney have struggled. they are down 43% this year. today they rose more than 1% to just under $20 a share. a few buyers of the stock today family, closing under just $12 a share. over the past year, shares down 50%. now shares of online shares of online travel company trip advisor got a boost on the back of some positive comments. analysts at needham say they are optimistic about the company's long-term growth prospects. they expect trip advisor
the government inquiries include subpoenas from the s.e.c. and other bank officials that are part of a civil lawsuit against the bank. shares of regions financial fell nearly 2% to just below $7 a share. as erika mentioned earlier, consumers were out in force trying to squeeze in their last few hours of christmas shopping. one of those retailers hoping to get a boost from shoppers looking for a bargain is j.c. penney. analysts at oppenheimer say the retailer's aggressive price promotions will...
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one part of the government had one piece and they did not connect the dots. in the intelligence business, you're getting information from very technical sources or wiretaps or satellites that we do not want other people to know about. people in the business want to usually keep the stuff they collect in as small a group responsible in order to avoid the other big problem of moles and so forth. if you look at wikileaks, this was bradley manning who down the the stuff from a forward operating base. there was an archive that was available to thousands of people that had thumb drives that people could take for themselves. that is an example of where sharon went too far. i remember when he first spoke publicly about it. host: oklahoma city is up next, on our democrats' line. caller: good morning. first of all, about been gauzy. i do not think anyone could have foreseen what happened in benghazi. it was not much different. they were both just using talking points. same thing with john kerry. he was in vietnam. at least he went to the party. guest: i think i disagre
one part of the government had one piece and they did not connect the dots. in the intelligence business, you're getting information from very technical sources or wiretaps or satellites that we do not want other people to know about. people in the business want to usually keep the stuff they collect in as small a group responsible in order to avoid the other big problem of moles and so forth. if you look at wikileaks, this was bradley manning who down the the stuff from a forward operating...
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he plays for a private school, not governed by florida high school athletic association rules. his dad is the coach, and crazy as it is, the kid can flat out and play. there may be a little hockey after all. the nhl has upped its offer to the players association for the first time in a month. they have been steadfast at keeping players contracts to five years. they have upped it to 6, 7 if you own a player. the ready to go. the nhl may be going back to work. >> show me that video again. is it not unbelievable? >> if he played here, he would be five rows up. she got an ipod for christmas but that is not >> a virginia woman got an unwelcome who surprise. instead of an ipad, a box full of notepads. she took the box back to walmart and after arm-twisting got a new ipad. there have apparently been other switches acros >> first snowflakes beginning to show up in the mountains of west virginia by tomorrow morning. light snow, spreads in on us. the dreaded winter remix. -- wintery mix.
he plays for a private school, not governed by florida high school athletic association rules. his dad is the coach, and crazy as it is, the kid can flat out and play. there may be a little hockey after all. the nhl has upped its offer to the players association for the first time in a month. they have been steadfast at keeping players contracts to five years. they have upped it to 6, 7 if you own a player. the ready to go. the nhl may be going back to work. >> show me that video again....
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another problem is that because government ministers change so often they can't plan. bench and out of today a minister in the state of israel serves for an average of one year until he understands the position and creates a vision and a long term planning he's no longer there. what many of these people want is a complete overhaul of the system with parliamentary elections slated for the mixture israelis are bound to see yet another round of deal making between parties who make up the next coalition but they talk of and is running thin with latest figures suggesting more than half the population is unhappy with its government's performance points here r.t. tel aviv. still to come the mayan calendar may have run out but we're still here some of us though maybe a bit lighter in the wallet a few minutes we take a look at those turning apocalypse into profit stay with us. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short t
another problem is that because government ministers change so often they can't plan. bench and out of today a minister in the state of israel serves for an average of one year until he understands the position and creates a vision and a long term planning he's no longer there. what many of these people want is a complete overhaul of the system with parliamentary elections slated for the mixture israelis are bound to see yet another round of deal making between parties who make up the next...
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government that sticks a gun to its head. sorry to use gun metaphors, but basically sticks a gun to its head and says we don't trust ourselves to legislate like normal people. even presidential commissions don't work anymore. what we've got to do is give ourselves artificial deadlines and bring ourselves to the precipice, create all sorts of uncertainty, create manufactured crises because without that pressure, we can no longer be counted on to do anything that remotely redecember bem zesembl thing. >> they're going to say okay, we can't do this all right now. let's set up a process for tax reform that will resolve itself in 2013. let's set up a process for entitlement reform in 2013 and create another trigger, sequestration, kicking the can down the road. but i would say one thing. what's interesting for me here is that republicans, by and large, have won this argument. they are getting a lot of spending cuts. they will get, if they want to accept it, some social security reform in terms of decreased benefits paid. it is def
government that sticks a gun to its head. sorry to use gun metaphors, but basically sticks a gun to its head and says we don't trust ourselves to legislate like normal people. even presidential commissions don't work anymore. what we've got to do is give ourselves artificial deadlines and bring ourselves to the precipice, create all sorts of uncertainty, create manufactured crises because without that pressure, we can no longer be counted on to do anything that remotely redecember bem zesembl...
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we're going to grow the government with it. we're not going to reduce the deficit because we refuse to solve the bigger problems like saving medicare, insuring social security disability. we're not going to use that money to do anything except continue to grow the government. so the characterization is that we're-- what we're wanting to do is to make sure we have a dynamic economy, and i have no problems -- i've been out there for a long time with saying those that are making more ought to contribute more. but where does the money and g? and what do do you with the money? do you do something with the money that will actually get us further down the road and fix our ultimate long-term problem, which is we're bankrupt. and we went off the cliff two years ago when we covered 90% of our debt to g.d.p. and by the way, if you look at it the way of other country, our debt to g.d.p. is 120%, not 90%, not 100%, it's 120%. one last fact it's average greek citizen debt for their country is 36,000. we're at 51,000 per person in this countr
we're going to grow the government with it. we're not going to reduce the deficit because we refuse to solve the bigger problems like saving medicare, insuring social security disability. we're not going to use that money to do anything except continue to grow the government. so the characterization is that we're-- what we're wanting to do is to make sure we have a dynamic economy, and i have no problems -- i've been out there for a long time with saying those that are making more ought to...
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what that has raised i think has really raised some issues on the governance structure and how wal-mart has handled those issues. it also has reunited or reenergized the anti-wal-mart coalition that has been active in the united states for many years, but which has lost its momentum a little bit over the last few years. > and one case that disappointed many people: lance armstrong. > > yes, lance armstrong, it is obviously a personal tragedy, it has to do with his life as a cyclist. but it also has brought to attention some of the challenges that nonprofits and charitable foundations face - in this case, it was because of the association with lance armstrong. another organization on the list, komen foundation, also found itself in the spotlight. so that shows that not-for-profits have reputations themselves, and need to worry about them just as much as corporations. > and chick-fil-a also getting a mention by you as well. > > that's right. > good to have you on the show today. that is daniel diermeier, he is a professor at the kellogg school of management. always a pleasure. > > thank y
what that has raised i think has really raised some issues on the governance structure and how wal-mart has handled those issues. it also has reunited or reenergized the anti-wal-mart coalition that has been active in the united states for many years, but which has lost its momentum a little bit over the last few years. > and one case that disappointed many people: lance armstrong. > > yes, lance armstrong, it is obviously a personal tragedy, it has to do with his life as a cyclist....
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but in his opinion, any citizen of a democratic government who took up against his government ought to be hanged. corporate name change from anyone? thank you very much. [applause] >> we will take questions. i think they would like you to walk to the microphone if you don't mind. thank you. >> in your research, there was some controversy during the election of 1960 and that joseph kennedy manipulated chicago politics to get his son elected president. did you come across any facts about that? >> yes, yes i do. jack kennedy did need to rig the election. it was someone named richard daley who did very well in illinois. that is number one. number two, there were rumors that the mob helped in and around chicago to pull out the vote. .. over the years of less than an unsavory things and maybe a bit of a playwright and a lot of instances. if you have an example for that? >> yeah. hundreds and hundreds of pages. you know, it's hard to know. you write a book and stick it out there and then you discover what it's about, and i've gotten a lot of bucks since tuesday but it's gotten a lot of review
but in his opinion, any citizen of a democratic government who took up against his government ought to be hanged. corporate name change from anyone? thank you very much. [applause] >> we will take questions. i think they would like you to walk to the microphone if you don't mind. thank you. >> in your research, there was some controversy during the election of 1960 and that joseph kennedy manipulated chicago politics to get his son elected president. did you come across any facts...
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they want to expand the growth of government. they need more revenues, you know, democrats are like bank robbers. you don't have the money and the 2% -- the money isn't in the -- they want to raise taxes on everyone. >> you're unwilling to compromise at all. >> i'm willing to compromise if we have real cuts. if we have real cuts because what happens in washington is that we talk about raising taxes today then we talk about cuts ten years from now. it happened under the reagan. it happened under bush and it's what's going to happen to us once again. >> jon, look, the proposal we put on the table, $1.2 trillion in cuts to include the interest savings and $1.2 trillion in revenue. they can't get that kind of balance package through a very right wing caucus in the house of representatives. the speaker is going to have -- >> we'll see about a smaller deal. congressman van hollen, thank you for joining us -- >> just remember -- >> congressman labrador -- >> the vote is 3-1 and now it's 1-1. >> thank you very much. >> we do have a rauco
they want to expand the growth of government. they need more revenues, you know, democrats are like bank robbers. you don't have the money and the 2% -- the money isn't in the -- they want to raise taxes on everyone. >> you're unwilling to compromise at all. >> i'm willing to compromise if we have real cuts. if we have real cuts because what happens in washington is that we talk about raising taxes today then we talk about cuts ten years from now. it happened under the reagan. it...